Phyllis Dietrichson is trapped in a loveless marriage to a man who inspires in her nothing but contempt, but rather than leave him Phyllis decides to kill him and collect on the insurance policy she's had set up with the help of her lover, and naive partner in crime, insurance salesman Walter Neff. The only flaws in their plan are the company's reluctance to pay out so much, the diligence of Neff's increasingly suspicious colleague, (and his 'little man'), and the exemplary ruthlessness of Ph find out more...

The first Bond film. The evil Dr No is out for world control and only JB can save the world! One of the earliest and one of the best. The one where Ursula Andress oozes out of the surf in a low cut bikini, with conch shell!, and into Jim's arms. find out more...

Stunningly filmed in black and white, this classic slice of surrealist cinema is both touching and terrifying. A doctor, tortured beyond sanity after disfiguring his only daughter, sets out to give her back what he has taken away, at the expense of a succession of suitable young donors. A darkly disturbing marvellous movie. find out more...

A pair of charlatans pose as mediums, another, more sinister, pair trade in kidnapped VIPs and stolen jewelry. In a complex, but subtle, plot the lives of the two pairs become increasingly entangled, linked amongst other things by a missing child and an empty grave. Witty, urbane and extremely funny, Hitchcock's swan song and one of his best, a must see. find out more...

Noirish, black and white thriller, adapted by Kurosawa from a novel by Ed McBain. Wealthy tycoon Kingo Gondo is prepared to face financial ruin when his young son is kidnapped, but it soon emerges that the ruthless abductor has accidentally snatched the chauffeur's child instead. With the ransom demand still standing, Kingo faces a terrible moral dilemma, while wily policeman Inspector Tokuro employs ever more cunning methods in his hunt for the kidnapper. Tense and thought-provoking. find out more...

Mary and Phylis are two perky young teenagers until they're kidnapped by three escaped convicts and repeatedly brutalized. 'The Last House On the Left' was Wes Craven's directorial debut and a twisted little bunny it is to; vicious, mean and exploitative, it makes other video nasties of the era, such as 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre', look positively comic. It also proved remarkably influential on later film makers. There are loads of extras on this double disc release. find out more...

Sinatra yet again shows that he was no mere crooner as he plays the psychopathic gunman who, with colleagues, seizes a suburban house, taking the inmates hostage, as he prepares to assassinate the president of the USA. find out more...

The film that made Michael Caine a star, and the first in the series of Harry Palmer films. In this he is blackmailed into working for the secret service on the trail of a kidnapped scientist, and has to fight with brainwashers, murderers and traitors. A thriller of the very highest quality. find out more...

A child is kidnapped from his parents while on holiday in Morocco. His parents, caught in a web of intrigue which they must crack to trace their son, are forced to travel to London and the film ends with a memorable shooting sequence in the Royal Albert Hall. One of Hitchcock's best movies. find out more...

Having pulled off the heist of a lifetime, Max looks forward to spending his remaining days relaxing with his beautiful young girlfriend. But when Riton, Max's hapless partner and best friend, lets word of the loot slip to loose-lipped, two-timing Josy, he is reluctantly drawn back into the underworld. A touchstone of the gangster-film genre, 'Touchez Pas Au Grisbi' is understated, elegant and evocative. find out more...